And God Was Our Witness

By Alicja Edwards

Book Overview

I was only sixteen when my family and I were pulled away from our home and country. My name is Alicja (Moskaluk) Edwards. I was born and raised in Poland and now am 77 years old. For the last 17 years... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0759673152
• ISBN13: 9780759673151
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: 1st Book Library
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Shedding light on one more atrocity of World War II

And God Was Our Witness is the personal testimony of Alicja R. Edwards, a Polish woman who, along with her family, was forcibly taken from Poland and condemned to slave labor in 1940. Her story, and that of other Polish war victims, is recounted in vivid, candid, personal detail, shedding light on Russian atrocities, which in addition to those perpetrated by the Nazis, were to devastate the Polish people both during and after the turbulent years of World War II, and which must never be forgotten. And God Was Our Witness is a highly recommended contribution to the growing library of first person accounts and autobiographies documenting and detailing the atrocities committed upon the Polish population, especially those committed by the Russians and their supporters.

Sleepless in the skies

I allowed myself only 20 minutes of sleep during an overnight transatlantic flight because I didn't want to stop reading this fascinating book. This is an important, too-little-reported portion of the history of World War II, and the amazing details of this story never fail to evoke an emotional response.

Lest We Ever Forget

In this fascinating and revealing book of the memoirs of a young Polish girl during World War II, the author recounts the emotional, haunting and sometimes whimsically humorous events that took place during the three years she and her family were forced to work as slave laborers in Soviet Russia. With a charming "foreign" narrative she describes what it takes to survive and champions the spark inside all of us, when we ask ourselves, "how can I go on?" Read this and find the courage and lest we ever forget how man's inhumanity to man can surface at any moment --- you must read this book.

Remembering

Great read! Couldn't put it down until I finished. The author's personal experiences with family & first love,remind you of your own. Her uncanny ability to describe details that occurred more than 60 years ago will rivet you. A testament to the human spirit. Only 216 pages but packed with emotions we've all felt at one time or another. An excellent adventure from a first time author.